CB350F Restoration by royhall (NOW FINISHED)

[royhall]

Tiss a proud day to be sure.

The CB350F just sailed through its first MOT.

Only thing he could find wrong with it was the retaining spring on the back brake pull rod was missing (turns out it was sat in the box of left over bits). Still, they have to find something. On the 750 I had forgotten to put the split pin in the back axle nut.

Like an inspection that's thorough when its been down to every last washer, peace of mind that its all good. It ran absolutely superb on the way to the test.

Now for the tedious bit, getting it insured then registered.

Should be on the road for spring.

[GiannisFour]

Amazing work,my congrats!

[JamesH]

Well done Roy. FYI you can now register without insurance and it's a pretty quick process assuming you have the title or a dating certificate..well done, lovely job.

[royhall]

Well done Roy. FYI you can now register without insurance and it's a pretty quick process assuming you have the title or a dating certificate..well done, lovely job.

Now that is interesting James. How do you go about doing that, I have the USA Ohio registration document. I was just filling in the V55/5 and I assume I can leave blank anything that says Certificate of Conformity. Cheers.

[JamesH]

Roy if you pm me you email I'll send you a pdf explaining it, and my contact details to discuss

[royhall]

PM sent. Thanks.

[Mike on a bike]

A lovely job you done there. Congratulations. 

[royhall]

The application to DVLA for a V5 has now been sent.

DVLA signed for it on Saturday 5th March, so lets see how long it takes them to sort it out. Should be straight forward as I had the USA title document. Only minor issue is the title says 1974 and its really a 1972 bike, but I didn't think it was worth the hassle changing it as its tax exempt anyway.

James. Sorry I didn't ring you about the no insurance registration thing. I decided to insure it as I had a free spot on the multi bike policy. Thanks anyway.

[philward]

Thats one beautiful bike Roy! I don't have a lot of knowledge of 350 - my knowledge of the 70's bikes come from my biking in 70's and as not being imported to UK can't remember much about them. What 4 into 4 exhausts are available and at what cost - quite fancy the 350 being a future resto after CR project.

[royhall]

The registration with DVLA took 9 days to complete (not too shabby). It's now registered 1974 on an M plate. Should have been on a 1972 K plate but I didn't feel the need to go the extra mile. The V5 arrived the day after the notification letter with it correctly classed a Historic. Well done DVLA, nice one.

[watty51]

Do the DVLA send you back the USA title document.

[royhall]

No, they keep it.

[kevski]

Just read this whole posting Roy, and that's a fabulous job you have done there, well done.

[petermigreen]

Truly stunning level of attention to detail. I love this bike. Jolly well done Roy.

[MarkCR750]

Hmm!, I thought it would turn out a lot nicer than that Roy.
Only kidding, it's brilliant, well done, another bit of motorcycling history saved.